STOP CANCER 2018 Awards

STOP CANCER's 2018 research awards for UCLA physician-scientists totaled $1,020,000 and were allocated as outlined below.

Special Awards

As the organization sunset its operations, STOP CANCER made special awards of $140,000 each to the following UCLA researchers:

STOP CANCER RCDA Isla Garraway, M.D., Ph.D.

STOP CANCER RCDAEdward B. Garon, M.D.

STOP CANCER RCDASanaz Memarzadeh, M.D., Ph.D.

STOP CANCER RCDADavid Nathanson, Ph.D.

STOP CANCER RCDA
Maie St. John, M.D., Ph.D.

Research Career Development Awards

STOP CANCER members and donors helped to fund Research Career Development Awards (RCDAs) of $150,000 each. The JCCC's 2018 recipient of the Marnie Levine Memorial RCDA was Erina Vlashi, Ph.D.

Seed Grants

STOP CANCER Member Seed Grants of $25,000 or more were funded by groups of donors who selected a specific type of cancer research as their area of interest. Named Seed Grants were funded in full by individual STOP CANCER supporters.

Six 2018 STOP CANCER Seed Grants were awarded to JCCC researchers as follows: